Toronto Mayor Rebuts Allegations

By

Karen Johnson

May 24, 2013 7:48 p.m. ET

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford rebutted drug-use allegations on Friday, after his allies in the city council called on him to speak out amid heightened media attention and a series of separate setbacks to the mayor.

Last week, the Toronto Star reported Mr. Ford had been caught on a cellphone camera appearing to smoke from a glass pipe commonly used to...